If I know where I'm moving to I plan like a crazy person.
Husband thinks it's very strange but he's chaotic.
So if you know your kitchen space, I draw a picture of it, and have arrows pointing to each cupboard with where everything will go in. I googled "How to organise kitchen" or similar and it listed where to put stuff. You can use post it notes on doors to help.
Yes agree to pack by room.
So master bedroom, kid A, kid B etc.
I also plan where furniture will go. I have Ikea cube units and so pack kuds toys into the cubes and they'll.go straight into the unit once built. That way the rooms are really easy to manage.
Agree about clothes. Just tape coat hangers and put straight into wardrobes.
I give myself longer than I think I'll need to sort and clean.
Have done moves ourselves and you don't want to be panic moving and thinking about exit cleans and how long you have to do it. I've given myself 10 days, that might be too much for some but it means I can make sure over is clean and house scrubbed etc.
Agree to sorting as you go, one day I chose to do kids stationery and craft. Went around the house and gathered it all up, organised it all and boxed it. Never seen so many pens and paint etc. It can be useful to gather stuff up into a big pile and think about if you need It all and slim down items.
I used it as a time to organise paperwork, put things on Gumtree to declutter. Wardrobe refresh.
My husband is the camp of just hurl things into boxes and take it all with you. To me it's madness.
Do a list of all mail that will need address changing. Drs,schools, work, council, subscriptions, cars, banks etc etc.
Do a meter reading as you hand over keys. Take photos of rentals to prove clean. Make sure you don't disconnect electric before rental have agreed on your deposit back in case you need to do more cleaning.
I pack kitchen last. As I'm always eating